Friedrich Heinrich Kern plays a version of the glass harmonica called the verrophone for Opera Philadelphia's production of "Written on Skin." (Emma Lee/WHYY) On Friday, Opera Philadelphia will ...

Close your eyes and imagine the sound of water finding its voice, something airy and resonant, hovering just at the edge of real. That’s the glass harmonica for you, an instrument so delicate that it ...

It was the first and only time that Dennis James smacked a celebrity. During a 1999 taping of “Live with Regis and Kathie Lee,” Regis Philbin excitedly got up, strode over to James and reached for his ...